DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,471

BOND COTE CORPORATION
FIBER LOC PLANT #2
KNITTING DEPARTMENT
DUBLIN, VIRGINIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to
apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 8, 2007 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Bond Cote
Corporation, Fiber Loc Plant #2, Knitting Department, Dublin,
Virginia. The workers at the subject firm produced base fabric -
knitting fabric.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject plant is related to a shift in plant production of base
fabric - knitting fabric to South Africa and Canada, countries
that are either a party to a Free Trade Agreement with the United
States or a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference
Act.
In accordance with Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditioner within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers firm or subdivision to South Africa and Canada
of articles that are like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Bond Cote Corporation, Fiber Loc Plant #2,
Knitting Department, Dublin, Virginia who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 1, 2006,
through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974 and are also eligible to apply
for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 25th day of May 2007.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance